Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Author: Molly Bergen
03/21/2022
Shocked: Jason Bordoff on What the Ukraine Crisis Means for Energy Markets
Before the war began, Russia was the world’s third-largest oil producer, and supplied a huge share of Europe’s natural gas. What will the ongoing bloodshed mean for those supplies, as well as prices worldwide?
03/11/2022
Huge floating solar farm puts Thailand on track towards carbon neutrality
In Thailand’s northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani, a reservoir has been transformed into a shimmering network of solar panels - capable of reducing the kingdom’s carbon emissions by 47,000 tonnes every year.
03/14/2022
Is the Great Stagnation Finally Coming to an End?
Bob Gordon and I have been friends since I was a graduate student, with a tradition of regular annual dinners. He’s a giant in the field of economics and his book, The Rise and Fall of American Growth is a tour de force. However, we’ve long disagreed about the potential of digital technologies and prospects for growth going forward.
03/19/2022
How the War Might End
Radosław Sikorski and Yascha Mounk discuss the prospects for a negotiated peace.
03/15/2022
Senate vote makes Shalanda Young first Black woman to lead White House budget office
The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Shalanda Young as director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, making her the first Black woman to hold the position.
03/02/2022
Map of whale migration “superhighways” might help save them from extinction
About half of the world’s great whale species are vulnerable or threatened. This map is the first to visualize the migration routes of most of those species. It could become a tool to ensure that these whales not only survive but thrive.
03/18/2022
Ukraine has already won the war
It is no exaggeration to say that through his own hubris, Putin has created a united Ukrainian nation. Not quite what he was aiming for.
03/17/2022
35 companies sign on to produce generic versions of Pfizer’s Covid pill
Thirty-five manufacturers around the world have signed agreements to produce generic versions of Pfizer’s Covid pills and sell them inexpensively in 95 lower-income countries that together are home to more than half the world’s people.
03/08/2022
What If Our Economy Valued What Matters?
In an economy that treats gross domestic product as the ultimate end, people and the planet are mere means, and much of the work that sustains society is ignored entirely.
03/01/2022
How women claimed their place in America’s history books
Women have always been part of history. But for centuries, their participation in it was overlooked: Early history texts often excluded women altogether, aside from accounts of powerful women like queens.
03/15/2022
Assumptions we need to question now
My area isn’t geopolitics. I’ve been hesitating to opine about the horrible situation in Ukraine.
03/14/2022